Jolly-Feed-4551 t1_j6dyinj wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:54 PM

Reply to comment by Picksologic in [OC] Comparison of Lump Sum vs. Dollar Cost Average investing in TSLA (Tesla) stock. by Picksologic

I was going to point out that in a bull market you are obviously going to make more money by investing a lump sum early (or DCA early) than keeping most of your money uninvested for the better part of a decade, but this comment puts it into context for me. As far as the visualization itself, I am confused why orange is labeled as $15,084 initial investment in the chart but the description says $15,100. I would also like to see the total DCA investment identified, I assume the DCA investments are made on the first of each month but you don't say specifically.

Picksologic OP t1_j6e8451 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:55 PM

The discrepancy in the start amount is me trying to learn formulas as well as graphing.. It should be $15,100. The total DCA investment is also $15,100, with the investment on the first of the month. I mistakenly assumed that having the x axis dates on the first of the month was sufficient, but will keep that in mind for the next time.